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ATTACHMENT FOR CORN-PLANTERS.

i Specicaton of Letters Patent. Pgitgmtqgd E913, 26, i913,

` Application lediT/Iay 2, 1917. Serial No. 165,952.

To all whom t may concern: y

Be it known that I, Lunwro IriRnMUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Adrian, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in` Attachments for Corn-Planters, ot which the following is a speciiication. A A

This invention relates to improvements in seed planters, more particularly for devices for planting corn in hills, and has for one of its objects to improve the construction and increase the efficiency and utility, and to provide means whereby the corn may be planted in hills at equal distances apart and without the necessity for employing check row devices ot wire and the like.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be applied without material structural. change to seed planters of various forms, and which may be readily attached and, detached without changing ,the ordinary seed or dropping devices of the planter.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device whereby the planting of the corn may be expedited and time and labor saved.

With these andother objects in view,the invention consists in certain novel features ot construction, as hereinatteishown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims; and in the drawings illustrative ofthe preferred embodiment. of the invention- Y Figure 1 is a, side elevation of the improved device attached to a conventional seeding machine with a portion of the frame in section;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the partsshown in Fig. 1; Y l

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail of the tripping` devices;

Fig. 4 is an elevation of the forward portion ot the seeding machine with the trame work in section on the line 4er-1 of Fig. :2

looking in the direction of the arrow, with the marker devices attached, illustrating their construction;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detached detail view of the clutch operating mechanism;

Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the parts shown inlig 5.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the 'following description and indicated in, all the views ot' the drawing by the same reference characters. Y Y

For the purpose of illustration the im proved device is shown applied to a conventional seeding machine arranged to drop corn or like seeds to form hills at uniform distances apart, and in rows of hills likewise spaced atunitorm distances apart, and comprises a supporting frame represented as a'whole at 10, a main driving axle 11, hearing wheels at 12, a seed box supporting frame at 13 coupled as indicated at -14.- to the frame l0 and carrying seed boxes 15, seed tubes or conductors 16, and the shoes or runners at 17. VDevices, of this character are provided with suitable seed dropping mechanism whereby a certain predetermined number of seeds are dropped into the conductor tube 1G at stated intervals to i'orm the hills, and these dropping mechanisms usually include an oscillating rod Vor rock shaft represented at 18. ln the improved device the rock shaft 18 is provided with an operating arm 19 to which an. 0p-

. erating rod or bar 2O is connected.

Mounted for rotation upon the axle 11 is a disk 21 having relatively iine or small radiating teeth 2Q, and mounted to rotate with the axle 11 is an opposing clutch disk 23 having correspondingly tine or relatively small clutch teeth 24e, the teeth coacting when the clutch devices are disposed in tace contact to engage and Cause the disks to rotate in concert. Attached to the clutch disk member 23 is a chain wheel 25, the chain wheel and disk member 22 thus ro tating together upon the axle. The hub '26 of the clutch disk 21 is provided with an annular channel 27 with which a shipper device engages.

Attached at() to one of the frame memhers 10 is a bearing 71, the Vbearing being disposed transversely of the frame Amembers and in parallel relationto the axle 11.

he bearing 7l is provided with a recess or socket indicated at withinits inner end, and slidably disposed through the bearing is a rod 73 extending into the socket 72, and mounted for rotation upon the eX- tended portion of the rod is a head or col lar member 74. Formed through the side walls ot' the cavity 72 are obliquely directed slots, represented at 75. The terminals of "arm 78 will cause the the slots are extended circumferentially of the bearing for a short distance, as represented at 76.- Extending from one side of "the member 74 is a stop member 77 which projectsV through one of the loblique slots 75, and extending from the diametrically opposite side of the member 74 is an arm 78V which extends through the other obliquely directed slot. The member Meis Vmounted for rotation upon the rod 7 3, and

extending fromy the opposite end of the rod 7 3 'is a yoke device 79 provided v'with invwar'd'ly directed Ylugs 80 which engage in the annular channel 27 ot the hub 26. At itsfre'e end the Aarm 78 is provided with an operating rod 81. "By `this arrangement it Vwill be obvious that when'the rod Slis moved longitudinally lmembers united, as hereafter more fully explained.

Attached to the frame 10 is a bracket de- Vvicer 31 in whicha stub shaft 32 is sup-V portedand directed outwardly away from the Vtrame ,10 and provided with a chain wheel'SB over which a chain 8a leads from the chain Vwheel 25. Projecting from the chai-nwheel 33 are a plurality of pins 35. Any required number of the pins may be employed` but generally three will be usecl,;as

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Mounted upon .the frame 10 is another bracket device 36 similar to the bracket device 3l and carrying a stub shaft 3T. Mounted to swing upon the stub shaft 37 is a lever arm 38 having a. rearward extension 39 terminating in a lateral oft-set 1.110 which extends into the paths ot' the pins 35. Y

` At its lower end the member 38 is pivotallyl connected at tl to the operating rod 20. By this arrangement it will be obviousl that when the see-der is moved forwardly the rotary motion of the bearing wheels 12 will Vbe communicated from thel clutch device 22%23 to the chain 3% and cause the pins 35 t0 consecutively engage the offset t() ot the mechanism may be caused to operate at proper intervals to correspond to the distance apart of the hills.

The hills are generally spaced about three and one half 'feet apart, and the various devices will beso proportioned that the dropper mechanism will be actuated once in every three andorre-haltI feet of the forward movement of the seeding machine.

Connectedv to the trame 10 is another bracket device L12, and pivotcd at 4-3 upon this bracket is a small bell-crank trip lever including arms L1A- 45, the arm let extending laterally 'ot the 'trame 10 while the arm 4J extends longitudinally of the frame, or rearwardly thereoi. YPivoted at fiG upon the bracket 42 is a trip latch 47 having a notch 48 in one end in which the rearward end or' the portion i5 of the bell crank trip lever engages when the member et? is in one, position. as illustrated more fully in Fig. 3. spring 49 is connected to the bracket l2 and engages the bell crank lever and operates to hold the latter yieldably in one position and in engagement with a stop pin 15' extending t'rom the member 42. Pivoted at o() to the trip latch is a swinging extension 51 which extends into the path of the lever arm 38-39 when in downward position and will be maintained out of the path ot the trip lever when in upward position. Extending from the bracket Ll2 is a rod 52, and connected to the member 51 and likewise to the rod 52 is a spring The rod 52 is so located that the spring exerts a pulling force upon' the swinging member 51 and holds the latter either in elevated or depressed position. Thus when the member 51 is disposed in its vertical position or out. oi' the path of the lever 38-39, the spring exerts its force to yieldably hold the member 5l in that position, and then when the men'iber 51 is forcibly turned into its horizontal position or into the path ot' the member 38-39, the spring operates to yieldably hold the member 51 in the latter position. the object to be hereafter explained.

' Pivoted at 54 to the bracket t2 is a lever arm 55 having a foot rest 56 at its upper end and extended at its lower end below the line of the frame 10. The member 55 extends int-o the path of the arm tft' ot the bell crank trip lever which operates to hold the member 55 positively in its forward po sition when the trip latch 47 is in its locked relation relatively to the portion ot 'the trip lever. Extending from the lever meinber 55 is a curved extension agiinst which the free end of the portion 4J( ot the bell crank trip lever engages when the member 55 is moved into its rearward position. which will occur when the trip latch 17 is disengaged from the portion Ll5 ol the bell crank trip lever, and thus prevent the portion 44 of the latter from passing in ad tenaces vance of the lever member 55. By this means the extension 55 of the lever 55 when moved into its rearward position will hold the bell crank trip lever 44-45 in its withdrawn position and out of engagement with the trip latch 47. j

Mounted upon the frame work 18 at each end are swinging marking devices, and as these marking devices are precisely alike eX cept that they are rights andlefts, the description of one will sufce for both. Each marking device comprises a bearing 82 which a relatively short stub shaft 82 is mounted for rotation. At one `end the shaft 82 is extended into an arm 83 towhich a pull cable 84 is connected. Upon the opposite end of the shaft 82 a bar85 is swingingly4 mounted, the bar being bent at, its outer portion obliquely to its longitudinal plane as sl'icn'n at 8f3, the oblique portion8t having a plurality of apertures 87 to lreceive holding bolts or like fastening devices 88 by which a marker blade 89 is adjustably coupled thereto. By this means the member 89 may be adjusted nearer to o r farther from the shaft 82. I"lfhe connecting point of the pull member 84 is disposed intermediate lthe arm 88, and connected near its outer end is a `rod 90 formed in two portions connected by a turn buckle 91, so that the portions of the rod maybe adjusted toward or away from each other to increase or decrease its length. -The rod 9() is pivoted at 92 to the bar 85, as shown. By this means it will be obvious that when the pull inember 84 is actuated `the member 85 and its attachments will be elevated or depressed..

The pull members 84 are carried over guide pulleys 93 and thence' to the lower end of the member 55 to which they are attached, as shown at 94. When the member is disposed in its forward position as shown in Figs. l and 2, the pull members 84 will be drawn rearwardly and hold the members and their attachments in their elevated position, as shown in full lines in Fig. 4, and when the member 55 is released by the operation of the trip member 47 as before described, the weight of the members 85 and their attachments will be suflicient to overcome the inertia of the spring 49 which is relatively light, and drop into the position shown by dotted lines at the left in Fig. 4 and cause the marker devices 89 to form a cavity in the earth, and thus indicate the starting poi-nt of the next row of hills to be planted, as hereafter more fully-explained. By providing the holding member with the adjusting turn buckle 91 the throw or movement of the member 85 may be controlled and increased or decreased as may be required. 'l' he members 89 may likewise be adjusted longitudinally of the bars 85 by means of the bolt apertures 8T, before described, to enable the distance between the rows to be planted, to be increased or decreased as required:

rlhe distancesbetween the center of the dropper devices and the marker devices 89 correspond to the distance between the cen'- ters of the rows of the corn or other seed to be planted, and the members 89 are necessarily adjusted to correspond to the distance between the centers of the seed tubes 16.

When starting to plant, the foot lever 55 is disposed in its forward position, as shown in Fig. l, thus elevating' the marker devices and likewise moving the shipper member 78 into its rearward position as shown in fligsl and 2 and disposing the clutch device 22e-23 in locked or closed position and causing the aXle ll to rotate the member 33 through the coaction of the wheel and chain 84 and thus cause the pins 85 to intermittently operate the lever device 88-39 and correspondingly operate the dropper mechanism. t will be understood that at this stage of the operation the small trip latch 5l is in its elevated position so that the movement of the member 38-39 does not effect the trip mechanism 44--45- Thus during the planting operation the member 55 is maintained inits forward position and holds the marker devices in inoperative position. hen the end of the row is reached and it is required to reverse the position of the seeding mechanism to travel back across the field, the driver uses the toe portion. of his left foot to push the member 5l into its horizontal position againstthe resistance of the spring 53 and thus moves the member 5l into the path of the member 38-89, so that at the next movement of the latter the latch device 4'? will be actuated to disconnect the shoulder 48 from the portion 45 of the bell crank lever. member 55 and permits the bars 85 to fall by gravity Vagainst the resistance of the spring 49 and causes the marker devices 89 to form an indicating cavity in the ground to denote the starting point of the next row to be planted. When moving in one direcu tion one of the marker devices remains idle, or makes its indicating cavity in line with a row previously planted, but this does no harm, while the other previously idle marker device becomes active, and so on over the whole field.

lThe projection 55 on the member 55 prevents the terminal of the portion 44 vof the bell crank trip lever from passing in front of the member 55, hence when the machine has been turned and is ready to start on the return trip, the driver forces the member 55 forwardly by the pressure of the foot on the treadle 5G and thus elevates the marker devices into their former inoperative posi- This movement releases thev same time elevates the member 51 into its former vertical position and out of the path of the lever 38-39., The seeding operation isi then continued as before, and when the end ofthe field is reached themarking operation isV repeatedand 'so on continuously.

The various devices comprising the improvementmay be readily applied without material structural change to corn planters of the various makes.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1.An attachment' for a. seeding machine comprising a clutch device adapted to be associated with the `axle thereof, and including a rotative member, manually ac tuated means adapted to be mounted upon the frame of the seeding machine, connectingmeans between said manually operated means and 'the clutch device, operating means adapted to be associated` with the droppingdevice of the seeding machine,

av rotative member, means for transmitting the motion of said clutch device to said ro tative member, means for intermittently transmitting` theV motion of said rotative Vmember to said seed dropper operating means, and lmanually actuated means for coupling the intermittent motion transmitting means with the seedy operating means. 2. An attachment for a seeding machine Acomprising a clutch device adapted to be comprising a member adapted to be mounted for Vrotation upon the frame thereof and having a. plurality of laterally directed pins, meansfor transmitting .the motion'of the axle of the seeding machine to the rotative member, an arm operative intermittently byysaid pins, a lever Vdevice mounted to swing, a locking deviceextending into the path of the said lever device, a latch device engaging said locking device, a trip mem'- brer swinging upon said latch device and extending when in one position into the path of said pin operating arm, and means associated with said lever device adapted to operate the seed dropping device of said seeding machines.

4. An attachment for seeding machines comprising a motion imparting means .adapted to be associated with the axle thereof, manually actuated means adapted to be mounted upon the frame of a seeding machine, connecting means between said manually operated means and the motion imparting means, operating means adapted to be associated with the seed dropping devices of the seeding machine, means operative by said motion imparting means for intermittently actuating said dropper operating means, marker devices adapted to be movably connected to said seeding machine, connecting means between said marker devices and said manually actuated means, a trip device holding said manually operated means, means operative by said intermittently actuated means for causing the operation of said trip device to release the manually operated means and cause the marker devices to simultaneously move into operative position and disconnect the motion imparting means.

5. An attachment for.seeding machines comprising a motion imparting means, manually actuated means, connecting means between said manually operated means and the motion imparting means, operating means adapted to be associated with the seed dropping devices of the seeding machine, means operative by said motion imparting means for intermittently actuating said dropper operating means, marker de vices, connecting means between said marker devices and said manually actuated means, a trip device holding said manually operated means, means operative by said inter mittently actuated means for causing the operation of said trip device to release the manually operated means and cause the marker devices to simultaneously more into operative position and disconnect the n10 tion imparting means.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

LUDWIG H. REMUS. [Ls] Cepies'of this patent may 'ne obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

f i Washington, D. C. 

